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COMBINED POCKET CASE AND CIGAR CLIPPER. No. 299;1s5. Patented May 27, 1.884.

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ELI PERRY HASBROUOK, OF SYRACUSE, NEIV YORK.

COMBINED POCKET-CASE AND CEGAR- CLEPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,135, dated May 27, 188%.. Application filed December 10, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELI PERRY HASBROUOK, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Pocket-Oase and Cigar-Clipper, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates more particularly to improvements on the combined pocket-case and cigar-clipper for which Letters Patent No. 256,093 were issued on the 4th day of April, 1882. In the manufacture and use of said article I have discovered many defects which my invention is designed to overcome, as will be hereinafter fully explained, and s'pecifically set forth in the claims.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a 1011- gitudinal section of the combined pocket-case and cigar-clipper provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detached view of the reciprocating knife of the cigar-clipper, together with the U-shaped guide-rod of said knife. Fig. 3 shows a plan view and a longitudinal section of the catch which engages with the aforesaid guide-bar. Fig. 4 is an end view of the case and a front view of the knifeblade, which is to be permanently attached to the case; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the combined spring and shield or guard employed in connection with the cover of the case, and with the guides of the reciprocating knife of the cigar-clipper.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures.

A represents the pocket-case in the form of a matchsafe, of oval form in cross-section, and having hinged to the narrow side of one of its ends the cover 0, the opposite end of the case being closed, and having projecting from it a stationary knife-blade, a, having sharpedged orifices 0, into which the end of the cigar to be clipped may be inserted. Said blade has heretofore been set with its entire width into a slot in the end of the case and fastened by solder. This required such excessive length of said slot as to weaken the end of the case, and in the process of neckel-plating the case said slot was caused to spread and loosen the solder around the knife-blade, and the latter, if not entirely deprived of its hold on the case, would soon become jarred loose by the concussion of the guard 20 of the reciprocating knife b striking the end of the blade a in the operation of said knife, as hereinafter explained. To obviate this defect, I extend the slot is only part way across the end of the case, leaving sufficient solid material at each end of said slot to form an effective tie. The attachingedge of the knife-blade I form with a tongue or tenon, o, of the size of the slot 70, leaving at opposite ends of said tenon shoulders 2 p, by which the blade rests on the solid portions of the end plate of the case. The blade a, when thus properly fitted and soldered, becomes securely attached, and is capable of re-' sisting all the strain incident to the performance of its functions.

Z2 denotes the reciprocating knife of the cigar-clipper, the construction of said knife bein g more fully illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, said knife being arranged contiguous to the stationary blade a, and having a sharp cutting edge, which, in conjunction with the sharp-edged eyes 0 of the blade a, shears the tip end of the cigar inserted in one of the said eyes. The knife I) is secured in the bend of a U-shaped rod, the extremities or branches 0 a of which stand parallel, and enter the end of the case A at opposite ends of the greatest diameter thereof, and serve to guide the knife I) in its movement. The branch 0 of the knife 6 slides in a tube or sleeve on the interior of the case A, and a spiral spring, 8, in said sleeve, pressing against the end of the branch 0, serves to force the knife b away from the end of the plate and clear of the eye 6 of the stationary blade to allow the end of the cigar to be inserted in said eye.' By pressing on the outer end of the knife I; the same is forced to move across the face of the stationary blade and to clip the end of the cigar inserted in the eye a. In this operation the bow o of the rod to which the knife I) is attached strikes the end of the stationary blade a, and thus arrests the movement of the knife b toward the case after clipping the cigar. The branch 0 of the knife I) is provided with a notch, a, which engages with the catch (Z and retains the knife 6 against the end of the case, and from said notch toward the end of the rod the latter is formed with a beveled or inclined rabbet, r, terminating with a head, h, on the end of the rod. The face of the thickest part of the rabbeted portion of the rod is back of or below the line of the rod, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. By pushing on the catch d it is thrown out of the notch a sufficiently to allow the rabbeted portion 1* of the rod to pass under the catch. The spring 8 then forces the said rod outward from the case, and thus throws the knife b above the eye 6 of the stationary knife a, and this movement is arrested in due time by the encounter of the head h on the end of the branch with the catch d.

In order to insure a positive engagement of the aforesaid parts, I form the head It with a beveled undercut, and form the interlocking bar d of the catch (1 with a corresponding bevel, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. By pushing the catch d still farther into the case A the head It becomes liberated from said catch, so that the branch 0 can be withdrawn, and thus the knife I) readily removed from the case, when required, for repairs, renewal, or cleaning of either the knife or its guide-rod. Heretofore the end of the branch 0 was left plain, and the check of the outward-movement of said rod was effected by a pin projecting from the rod and colliding with the end plate of the case; but such a con- 'struction and arrangement of the stop produced jars on the end of the case and tended to loosen the stationary knife a. Furthermore, the encounter of the stop-pin with the lucifer matches in the case A frequently caused said matches to become ignited. Both of the aforesaid defects are obviated by my improved arrangement of the head h interlocking with the catch (1, as before described.

The catch d, which is formed of a strip of sheet metal stamped out and bent into rectangular form, had heretofore the two extremities of said strip terminating at the inner end of the rectangle. The consequence was that the said ends frequently became spread apart so as to loose their hold on the branch 0. To prevent this I fold the two ends of the metal strip one. over the other across the end of the rectangle and back on one side of the same, as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

t denotes the spring which actuates the hinged cover 0. Said spring consists of an elongated plate secured to the interior of the case, and pressing with its free end on a cam, t, which projects from the hinged end of the cover, and stands in such position in relation to the spring as to cause the latter to force the cover in either direction from a certain point of its movement.

To arrest at the proper time the outward movement of the cover, I provide the free end ,of the spring t with a hook or projection, a, over the cam t, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Some difficulty has been experienced in the action of the spring t against the ends of the matches in the case A, the frictional contact of said parts causing ignition of thematches. To obviate this I provide the spring 15 with side flanges, Z, which not only prevent the matches from entering between the spring and adjacent wall of the case, but also serve to sustain the spring laterally and maintain it in its bearing on the cam t.

f is a shield covering the inner end of the branch 0 of the movableknife b, which shield I form in one piece of metal with the spring t, said combined parts having at their junction an orifice or eye for the reception of a screw or rivet by which they are attached to the case A. The perforated portion of the aforesaid combined spring and shield I re-enforce by means of longitudinal ribs m m at opposite sides of the orifice, as-shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

In order to prevent the matches from working back of the shield f and coming in contact with the reciprocating branch 0, I form said shield with flanges g, which abut against the sides of the case, and thus obviates acute corners, in which the matches are liable to become lodged.

Having described my improvements, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with the case A and catch d, the branch 0, provided with the notch a,

head h, and intermediate beveled portion, 0",

substantially as described and shown.

- 2. In combination with the case A and knife I), the catch d, provided with the beveled crossbar 01, and the branch 0, provided with the notch n, undercut head h, and the intermediate beveled portion, r, having the face of its thickest part back of the line of the rod, substantially as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

3. In combination with the branch 0, the catch d, consisting of a strip of sheet metal bent into rectangular form, and having its extremities folded one over the other across one end of the rectangle and along one side of the same, substantially as shown and described.

4. In combination with the caseA and knifecarrying rod having branches 0 c, the shield f, having flanges g, as and for thepurpose shown and described.

5. In combination with the case A, the hinged cover 0, provided with the cam t, and the spring 15, provided with the projection to, substantially as specified and shown.

6. In combination with the case A and the hinged cover 0, provided with the cam 'i, the spring it, provided with the projections to and with the side flanges, Z, as described and shown.

7. The spring t and shield f, formed in one piece of metal, attached at the junction of said I and provided at their junction with an eye for the attaching screw or rivet, and with re-enforcing ribs m m at opposite sides of said eye, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

9. The combination of the case having the slit or mortise k, extended part way across the end of the case, and the knife a, formed with the tenon 0, and with the shoulders 12 at the ends of said tenon, substantially as specified IO and shown.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 4th day of December, 1883.

ELI PERRY HASBROUCK. [n s] Witnesses:

- WILLIAM G. RAYMOND,

O. BENDIXON. 

